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Two articles have been discovered on the Net:

• D.E. Bakaloudis, C.G. Vlachos, G.J. Holloway, 2000 – Nest features and nest-tree characteristics of Short-toed Eagles (Circaetus gallicus) in the Dadia-Lefkimi-Soufli Forest, Northeastern Greece // Raptor Res. 34(4): 293-298. – (En) /map/ (source – www.researchgate.net).

• J. Overpeck, C. Whitlock, B. Huntley, 2003 – Terrestrial biosphere dynamics in the climate system: past and future – (En). Fig. 5.13. Potential distribution of species under climate change scenarios in Europe – // Paleoclimate, Global Change and the Future: 220 pp.

We present some short articles (Ru) on Short-toed Eagles in Kazakhstan, received from Nikolay Berezovikov. Many thanks to Nikolay Nikolayevich for them!

• Березовиков Н.Н., Жатканбаев А.Ж., 1995 – Гнездование змееяда (Circaetus gallicus) в нижнем течении Или [Breeding of Short-toed Eagle at lower reach of the Ili River] // Selevinia, Т. 3. Вып. 2. С. 68. /map/.

• Березовиков Н.Н., Стариков С.В. Воробьев И.С., 1997 – Южный Алтай – новое место гнездования змееяда [Southern Altai – a new place of Short-toed Eagle breeding] // Проблемы сохранения биологического разнообразия Южной Сибири. Материалы I межрегиональной научно-практической конференции 19-22 мая 1997 г. Кемерово: Кузбассвузиздат, С. 27-28. /map/.

• Стариков С.В., 1997 – Новые данные о распространении змееяда, бородача и орла-карлика в Восточном Казахстане [New data on the distribution of Short-toed Eagle, Bearded Vulture and Booted Eagle in Eastern Kazakhstan] // Биологическое и ландшафтное разнообразие Республики Казахстан. Алматы, С. 81-82. /map/.

Let us draw your attention to a website of the Scientific Electronic Library – eLibrary.ru. You can get actually every publication of the Russian Ornithological Journal after free registration on the site. Some of them are dedicated to Short-toed Eagle (Ru):

• Ивановский В.В., 1983 – Змееяд Circaetus gallicus в Белорусском Поозерье [Short-toed Eagle in Belarussian Poozer’e] // Тез. докл. 11-й Прибалт. орнитол. конф. Таллин: 95-98 – Рус. орнитол. журн. 2007. Том 16. Экспресс-выпуск № 389: 1594-1596. /map/.

• Гуль В.Н., 2000 – Новая находка змееяда Circaetus gallicus в Себежском Поозерье (Псковская область) [New find of Short-toed Eagle in Sebezh Poozer’e (Pskov Region)] // Рус. орнитол. журн. Экспресс-выпуск 110: 9-10. /map/.

• Березовиков Н.Н., Левин А.С., 2002 – О нахождении смешанной кладки змееяда Circaetus gallicus и степной пустельги Falco naumanni в Прибалхашье [Find of mixed clutch of Short-toed Eagle and Lesser Kestrel in Pribalkhashie] // Рус. орнитол. журн. Экспресс-выпуск 201: 967. /map/.

A few articles of Prof. Viktor Belik (Rostov State Pedagogical University) on distribution, number and ecology of Short-toed Eagles in several different regions (Ru):

• Белик В.П., 1994 – Распространение, численность и экология змееяда в степном Подонье [Distribution, number and ecology of Short-toed Eagle in steppe Podonie] // Кавказ. орнитол. вестник, вып.6.- Ставрополь. – С.26-29. /map/.

• Афанасьев В.Т., Белик В.П., 1998 – Змееяд в Сумском Полесье [Short-toed Eagle in Sumy Polesie] // Птицы бассейна Сев. Донца, вып.4-5: Мат-лы 4 и 5 конф. “Изучение и охрана птиц басс. Сев. Донца”. – Харьков. – С.45-46. /map/.

• Белик В.П., Ветров В.В., Бабич М.В., Трофименко В.В., 1999 – Змееяд в Волгоградской области [Short-toed Eagle in Volgograd Region] // 3 конф. по хищным птицам Вост. Европы и Сев. Азии: Мат-лы конф., ч.2.- Ставрополь. – С.20-23. /map/.

The photos were taken during an expedition of Prof. Belik in summer of 2008 in Volgograd Region.

Please take a look at the map of the area. General botanical description and a photo can be viewed below:

La Retuerta is situated in the central part of the Ebro valley, east of Zaragoza, in northeastern Spain. The extreme climatic conditions of the area have produced a vegetation similar to that of the North-African steppes. This climate can be summarized as follows: large annual range of minimum and maximum temperatures, oscillating from -10 ^oC to more than +40 ^oC; frequent frost in spring; prevailing winds from the NW and the SE (cold and warm, respectively), both with great desiccating power; low annual rainfall (200-400 mm); water deficit over 300 mm.

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Heartful thanks to Javier Blasco-Zumeta for few fullsized illustrations to his information sheet! They are represented below:

The Bibliography section on Sunbird.it – website of Guido Premuda – is refreshed with one more article on migration of Short-toed Eagle:

• BAGHINO L. & PREMUDA G., 2007 – Nuovi dati sulla migrazione primaverile “a circuito” del biancone Circaetus gallicus in Italia [New data on the “circuitous” spring migration of the Short-toed Eagle in Italy] // Avocetta, 31: 70-72. – (It). Also:

• LUCIANO RUGGIERI, GUIDO PREMUDA, LUCA BAGHINO, LUCA GIRAUDO, 2006 – Esperienza di monitoraggio su vasta scala della migrazione autunnale del Biancone Circaetus gallicus in Italia e nel Mediterraneo centrale // Avocetta, 30: 76-80. – mentioned before, is available there.